Bruce Weber’s photographs of beautiful sensual men continue to be a straightforward rejection of long held American precepts about maleness and masculinity. Weber has revolutionized the men’s fashion industry with the casual unaffected naturalism that pervades his images. This book is the first major survey of this influential photographer’s work and reproduces many of his finest images; portfolios include Lifeguarding, Matt Dillon, Brothers and On Leave in Waikiki.
Some of these are amazing and some make me wonder how much Photography of Beautiful Men is elevated by the beautiful men rather than the photography. If I were surrounded by muscular, young men all the time and took out my camera, would people mistake it for art?
Also, all white people? Maybe not all white people next time.